Jawfish ID Please

[haulme]

See it before elsewhere but I don't know what kind of jawfish it is.

 

[secrest]

looks a lot like a blue spot

 

[michael_cb_125]

A very coolo looking jawfish, but not a Bluespot. I would lean more toward a dusky Jawfish. The cluespots have a different headshape and the spots are more defined.
~Michael

 

[espocrespo]

looks like a blue spot, r8 then i looks nowt like a blue spot

 

[01saleen]

Hes a blue spot, a real cool fish.

 

[nikon187]

varigated jawfish. there are a few different colour forms. I have one very similar to the pic but less blue. If i could figure out how to post a pic i will get one up asap

 

[NCSUsalt]

doesn't look like a bluespot or dusky. I'd probably go with the variegated jaw

 

[michael_cb_125]

I agree with the Variegated.
~Michael

 

[AuroraDrvr]

There are many species of unidentified Jawfish. This may or may not be one of them.

 

[Spooky208]

I think it's a blue spot!

 

[Spooky208]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtgvitYM_48&feature=related
Looks the same to me. What do you guys think/ I think its the lighting of the pic and the fact that his gill is expanded?

 

[basser1]

Looks like a tiger jawfish.

Here's a link with pic:

http://images.google.com/imgres?img...um=1&hl=en&rls=GGLG,GGLG:2006-26,GGLG:en&sa=N

 

[michael_cb_125]

I am pretty sure that is not a BSJF
I have had a BSJF for 1 year and 7 months. Here are a few pictures for comparison

If the is a BSJF it is very sick or severely stressed out.
Just because it has the faint blue markings does not make it a BSJF. Odds are, it is a male of some other species with the dominate coloration.
~Michael

 

[seapug]

I think it's a male bluespot in breeding mode. They go through a pretty dramatic color change when "in season."

 

[michael_cb_125]

During "breeding" male bluespots get dark around the head and tail. But the turn BRIGHT WHITE through the middle of the body. The fish pictured does not have the bright white typically displayed by breeding bluespots.
~Michael

 

[AuroraDrvr]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13330457#post13330457 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by seapug
I think it's a male bluespot in breeding mode. They go through a pretty dramatic color change when "in season."

Here's a male Blue-spot in full breeding coloration.

 

[nikon187]

nice pic. the one above def not a blue spot, i'll have to find the latin name on our list from when i bought mine. It is an undescribed species according to the list.

 

[nikon187]

my guy peering out

http://s281.photobucket.com/albums/kk206/nikon1879/?action=view&current=021.jpg

 

[espocrespo]

It is defiantly not a blue spot jawfish i am 100% sure. Last time i checked that species in the photo was unidentified, as that photo has been flying through the net for a while and i believe i know who took the original copy.

 

[AuroraDrvr]

nvm